Approvals committee – April 2011

1. Since the last Board meeting, our approval committee has considered one request for external recruitment, by correspondence on 14 April 2011.

2. The details are shown below:

| Meeting date | Ref: No. & directorate | Summary of application | Consultancy/ recruit | Committee Decision | |--------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------| | 14 April 2011 | 104 EA | Web developer, extension to contract | Recruitment | Approved |

Further details of any of the above applications and decisions are available from Brian Warrener.

3. One application was subject to approval by the director of corporate services. This was approved at a cost of £3,000.

The approvals committee ceased to exist with effect from 1 May 2011. Applications for exceptions to the recruitment and consultancy freeze will now be considered by the chief executive.